Learning a new way

of living when you’re deeply

entrenched in the old

is like moving to an unknown

country with only a map.

JDG

Anticipating

storm’s afternoon arrival,

people strip the shelves

and hurry home to await

the year’s much hailed first snow flake.

JDG

A tightly clenched fist

can give us the illusion 

that we’re holding back

when it’s far more likely that

we’re just trying to hold on.

JDG

 Every night the trees

frantically sway in the wind

as lightening flashes

and water pours from the sky.

We’d welcome a change of scene.

JDG

The clouds aren’t smiling

this morning, but also they

are not shedding tears.

It looks like it’s going to

be a real blah kind of day.

JDG

After I goofed up

several times in a row, I took

myself aside for

some words of encouragement 

and some much needed rest.

JDG

Minutes pass before

Knox notices the squirrel.

Then the chase begins

as the indoor cats critique

his every move and technique.

JDG

Small, baby rabbit,

you made a good choice when you

decided not to cross

 the road. I can assure you,

 things aren’t better over there.

JDG

An unfamiliar

peace visited her and she 

had the sense to ask

it to linger and to think,

perhaps, about moving in.

JDG

With plenty of room

to eat standing up, a young

squirrel prefers to

dine upside down, thus taunting

the cats watching through the glass.

JDG